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WARNING: This story deals with disturbing subject matter that may upset and trigger some readers. Discretion is advised. Indigenous child welfare advocates in B.C. are celebrating a “huge win” in Ottawa on Friday, where a federal law affirming that First Nations, Métis and Inuit people have sole authority to protect …
Read More »Benefits battle: Family who won court fight against child welfare agency facing $8,000 tab – Winnipeg
When a Brandon, Man., family got their infant son back from Michif Child and Family Services in 2020, they thought their nightmare was over. Then they got a bill for $8,000. “This is wrong on so many levels,” said the mother, who can’t be named under the Child and Family Services …
Read More »How one Ontario child welfare agency is fighting to fix a broken system
3:43 No group homes: Sarnia Children’s Aid Society’s bold approach to child welfare When Dawn Flegel took over Sarnia’s children’s aid society in 2012, she went on a listening tour about the child-welfare system that left her feeling appalled. At roundtables, kids described brutal conditions. Being stigmatized. Feeling isolated. One kid said …
Read More »Alberta First Nation to sign child welfare agreement with feds without the province
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 1, 2023 10:03 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Alberta First Nation is to sign an agreement today with Ottawa giving it the autonomy to administer its child welfare. Louis Bull Tribe at Maskwacis, Alta., south of Edmonton, would …
Read More »Manitoba First Nation to sign child welfare agreement with Ottawa, province – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 31, 2023 9:00 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Peguis First Nation is set to become the first Indigenous group in Manitoba to take control of child welfare under federal legislation that came into effect three years ago. The community north …
Read More »Cindy Blackstock asks Human Rights Tribunal to reject $20B child welfare compensation deal
An Indigenous children’s rights advocate — whose 15-year battle with Ottawa led to a historic $40 billion settlement agreement over discrimination in the First Nations foster care system — is asking the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to send the compensation deal back to the drawing board. Cindy Blackstock, executive director …
Read More »How First Nations in Alberta are building their own child welfare systems
A trio of northern First Nations expect to be the first Indigenous group to take over child welfare services from the Alberta government — but say their new agency won’t be up and running for over a year. Loon River Cree Nation, Peerless Trout First Nation and Lubicon Lake Band …
Read More »Federal government, AFN reach $20B final settlement on First Nations child welfare agreement
Money to compensate young people harmed by Canada’s discriminatory child welfare system is expected to begin flowing to First Nations sometime next year, now that the federal government and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) have reached a final settlement agreement. Ottawa, the AFN and plaintiffs in two class-action cases reached an agreement-in-principle …
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